The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber ruled on Monday that the Consumer and Market Authority (CMA) in the Netherlands did not act unlawfully in receiving phone-tap data obtained by another law enforcement authority. In particular, the ruling held that the Competition Authority did not act in a way that was incompatible with [...]

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday granted plaintiffs’ motion to postpone Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s attempted removal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Venezuelan immigrants. Earlier this month, the DHS sought to reduce TPS as a way to limit migration pathways to the US on [...]

Ontario’s auditor general Bonnie Lysyk on Monday released a scathing report highlighting and condemning the provincial government’s failure to provide adequate mental health services for children and youth. The auditor general’s office also emphasized that the deficiency undermines the fundamental principles of fairness and equality under the rule of law and recommended that the Ministry [...]

US Democratic attorneys general in 23 states, as well as Washington DC, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the District Court of Rhode Island on Tuesday. They allege in the lawsuit that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public [...]

A French court convicted far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzlement on Monday, imposing on her to a five-year ban from holding public office, and effectively disqualifying her from the 2027 presidential election. The ruling follows allegations that Le Pen and members of her National Rally (RN) party misused European Parliament funds to pay party [...]

UN officials called for an immediate ceasefire in Myanmar on Monday, three days after two powerful earthquakes struck the country, killing approximately 2,000 people and overwhelming the already fragile infrastructure. UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi issued a statement on behalf of the UN Country Team, expressing condolences to the victims and underscoring the [...]

A union representing employees of 37 federal agencies and offices filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, seeking to stop an executive order released on March 27 that would revoke two-thirds of the federal workforce’s collective bargaining rights. The executive order added more than a dozen federal departments and agencies to the list of [...]

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea has ordered a recall of parliament on April 8, to debate a motion of no confidence. The court decided on Monday that parliament’s rejection of an earlier motion of no-confidence against the prime minister was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that the parliamentary Private Business Committee’s decision to [...]

US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the alleged shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Bondi described Mangione’s alleged act as a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination” and suggested the choice to pursue capital punishment appropriately aligns with the Trump administration’s hard-on-crime agenda. “After careful consideration, I [...]

The Georgia State Senate passed the Riley Gaines Act of 2025 on Monday, requiring the designation of “sex-specific athletic teams” and barring transgender women from competing in women’s sports and transgender men from competing in men’s sports unless the team’s designation is “coed.” The legislation also replaces the term “gender” with “sex,” and defines sex [...]